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A- .0. HARVEY- WATER MOTOR.

ANQ. 291,340. Patented Jan; 1,1884. 1

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SPEGIFICATEON forming part ofLette'rs Patent No. 291,540, dated January 1, 1884.

l Application filed hl'arch 8,1883. (Nonlodcl.) A

To /LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVEY C. HARVEY, of Lone Pine, in the county ot Inyo and State of California, have inventedanew and Improved Water-Motor, of which the following is a full, i clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to improve water-motors, as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specitieation, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved waterniioidnt Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showingtiie top frame removed.

A iioat or buoy, A, of some suitable construction, is contained in a tank or eistern, B, in such a manner that it will move up and Vertical guide-tracks O are attached to the inner surfaces of the sides of the tank, and on the said guide-tracks guide-rollers a run, which are journaled in jaws' in the sides of the buoy or iioat A, the said guide-tracks and guide-rollers keeping the iioat or buoy in a horizontal position and I I guiding it in its vertical movements. lA strong rack-bar, E, projects from the top of the iioat and engages with a pinion, F, mounted on a shaft, G, on which is monnteda cog-wheel, H,

.which engages with a pinion, J, on a shaft, K, on which is mounted a cog-wheel, L, engaging with a pinion, M, on a'shaft, N, on which one or more belt-pulleys, O, are mounted, over which belts O pass, which also pass over beltpulleys P, mounted loosely on ashaft, P. The belt-pulleys P are madeintegralpvitll-i clutches, which are so constructed that the slr t't P will always be rotated in the samedireet'on, which clutch devices are of the well-knowmcharacter. The inlet-pipeQ is provided with a cock, Q, provided with an arm, d, which is connected, by means of aconnectingrod, j with a 1ever, g; pivoted on the top ot'tl1e;tank."

,To the lever g a rod, R, is attached, which extends to the bottom of the tank, and is provided at its lower end with a rectangular bend, R', and near its upper end with a bend, R2. The outer pipe, S, is provided withacock, S. An additional. outlet-pipe, T, is connected i l with a flexible tube or hose, U, Aattached to the iioat or buoy A, and the pipe Tis provided with a cock, V, having an arm, V', which is connected, by means ot' a connectingrod, 7L, wit-h a lever, g', pivoted on the top of the tank, which lever g is connected with the rod R, extending to the bottom of the tank, and provided at the upper end with a bend, R, and at the lower end with a bend, R', as previously described. rlhe rod h is provided with a screw and nut forlengtl'lening and shorteuing the same, as may be desired, so as to cause the same to open th tank is to be made very large, so that a very g large buoy A can be used, which buoy is to lfit very closely inthe tank 13, for the larger the tank and buoy are made the greater the power obtained will be. rPhe water can be pumped into the tank or it maybe conducted into the same fromabrook or river. Tide-wa` ter can be conducted into the tank; or, where water is scarce, two tanks may be used and the water pumped from one into the other, so that the two motors will operate alternately; or the water may be derived from any other suitable source.

The operation is as follows: Vhen the water fills the tank, it raises the iioator buoy A, whereby the rack E will rotate the pinionF and operate the train of gearing, whereby the shaft P will be rotated. After the tank has been filled, the water is withdrawn, and the oat or buoy descends and again operates the train of gearing, which rotates the shaft P. To prevent the shaft Pi-rom being alternately operated in opposite directions, some suitable mechanism of a well-known construction must be provided for transmitting the motion in such a manner that it will always rotate the shaft in one and the same direction. Vhen the float A rises, its top strikes against the bends lt of the rods lt, and the inner ends of the levers g g will be thrown upward, whereby the cock Q ofthe inlet-pipeQ will be closed, and at the same time the arm V of the cock V will be forced downward, and the cock V will be opened. The water remaining in the pipe T will ilow ott and create a vacuum, thus causing the water in the tank to rise through the ilexibletube or hose 'U and ilow into the pipe T, through which it flows ell', or, in other e valve more or less. The

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again. In this man `f Y desired.

words, the watcris siphoned oli'. To cause a more rapid de'seentof the buoy or float, the eock S of the outlet-pipc S can also be opened. As soon as the water begins to ilow ofi', the buoy A descends, and when it arrives at the bottom of the tank strikes the bottom bends, R', of the rods R, and moves the rodsldownward, Thereby the inner ends of thelevers f/ g will be moved. downward, the cock V ol the pipe T will be elosed, and the cock Q of the pipe Q, will be opened, so as to permit the Water to flow into the tank and lill the same ner the device will operate Rahebuoy descend and as- `lhe power obtained is very converted so as to produce as may be automatically` an eend alternat. ly. great, and can bel more or less speed or more power,

Havinnthnsi'nll described ni invention l.

claim as new and desire io secure by Letters Patent- 1. The buoy A, carrying,` journals with rollers a and a rack, l), in its center, in combination with a cistern, l, having the Vertical guide-tracks C, whereby said rack will rotate a pinion and operate a train of mechanism, as described.

2. The combination, with the buoy A and cistern B, of aninlet-pipehaving cook Qi, with arm d, the rod j', the lever g, the outlet-pipe V, with arm V', the rod the rods R, bent at R/ R2, will automatically open and ontlet cooks, as described.

ALVEY CURTIS HARVEY.

Witnesses:

NV. L. HUNTER, l. WnrTMoRn whereby the buoy close the inlet and li, the lever g', and 

